Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-23
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Curtin of Pennsylvania Talks About
Politics, Gen. McClellan's Book and
the Railroad Strikes.
Organization of the Next House-Candi
dates for Ofice-Sunses Cox Out
of the Race for Speaker.
Correspondence of the Gazette.


New York Democratic member today.
'New York has more Democratic Repre-
sentatives Ia the Lower House tran any
other state in the Union, and as she has
not had one of the offices (aud very little
patronage for ten years at least, there Is
determination on the part of the New
York Democrats to change this state Of
affairs. We will get one Of the offices by
fair means il we can. If we can't we vii!
try some other METHOD
"DO you mean to say that if your
claims are not recognized the delegation
from New York will remain out of the
caucus?" l inquired.
"I don't mean to say anything" was
the abrupt reply, "but L will say that the
state of New York proposes 10 furnish the
dOorkeeper for the Fiftieth Congress-"
Chow is it that the claims of the En-
pire State have been ignored so long?"
"WelI, the plain truth of the matter is
that Sam Cox has knocked US out il
every Democratic Congress before. He
has been a standing candidate for Speaker
and we have been compelled TO recognize
his claim; and while the delegation has
not always been united upon Mr. Cox in
the caucus, it has been impossible, under
the circumstances, topress any candidate
for one of the other Offices"
"Do you think Mr. Cox will stand out
of your way this year," ayes, we think
that he will not again be q candidate for
| speaker. He has about made up his mind,
think, that the speakershipi is not for him
and that he can do more good for the
party by standing off the track"
"Upon whom will you unite for the
door keepership?"
"We have not yet definitely settled upon
any man, but Mr.. Felix Campbell OF
Brooklyn is the chairman of the Demo-
cratic delegation and he will doubtless
call the Democratic members together
sometime before the meeting of the next
Congress when we shall select our
man, ana you may depend upon it he will
be pressed for ell we are worth"
II the New York men are determined to
carry out this programme they will doubt
less be successful, but in that event the
slate will be badly cracked. The present
officers are all candidates for reelection.
DonelsOn Of Tennessee has been greatly
abused because of his manner of distriou-
ting the patronage of his office. He will
probably be knocked out in any event.
If New York should secure this office the
south will claim the position of sergeant
alarms, now held by LeedOm of Ohio.
General Clark of Missouri, the present
clerk, is said to have antagOniZed the
delegation from his own state by his
method of making appointments in his
office. There will doubtless be other can
oidates for this position. Dalton of In
diana, the present Postmaster, is we'll
liked, and will in all probability be re-
elected. Rev DR.. Mlburn will have a
walk ever for the chaplamcy. Michigan
presents candidate tor sergeant
alarms in the person of eX-MayOr Whea-
ton of Detroit. Ex-Congressman Lowering
of Massachusetts, has been spoken of as
clerk, and Colonel B. PIatt Walker of
Minnesota, an eX-COnfederate soldier, is a
candidate for doorkeeper first, and fail
ing in that is willing to take anything he
can get. Leedom, the present Sergeant
alarms, will, it is believed, receive the
support Of the solid Ohio delegation.
81 notice that Madam Modjeska, the
Countess BOzenta, is still attracting large
crowds wherever she appe8rs," remarked
an eX-Buffalonian this morning, "and
whenever | read paragraph about her l
am reminded OF a little incident which
occurred in Buffalo some years ago. At
that time | was a student in the medical
department of the Buffalo University
Every Friday night from fifty to seventy
five of the boys made it point to take in
the theater. They always selected the
peanut gallery, and after few visits the
ushers came to know our party well, and
the main section of the gallery was always
reserved for the bone sCrspers. One Fri
day night in the winter of 1879 so
Modieska appeared on the stage as Juliet.
ffI6n nfS IN han mil
sixty strong. Among them was little
fellow with wry neck, named Pomeroy,
hailing from Fort Dodge, D. T., and who
had never been to the theater before.
Everything went along very smoothly I'M
til the countess appeared in the poison
scene. Then there was row. The
audience was as still as the occa-
sion required, nothing but the breath !
ing Of their immediate neighbors dis
turbed the occupants of the parquet and
the dress circle, while up in our depart |
ment the CrOnching OF a peanut shell was
the only thing which gave US q realizing
sense Of our lofty position. Modjeska |
had taken the phial of poison and was
about to remove the cork, in fact she had |
Just placed the finger and thumb upon the |
stopper, when POmrOy inserted the index
finger of his right hand in his cheek, just |
when the cork should have been pulled |
that finger flew out and a noise like pis- |
toll shot attracted everyone in the old |
Academy of Music. Was Modjesks mad? !
Well, l should smile. She had more
the appearance Of Lady Macbeth at that
moment than of the love-dying Juliet. |
The audience appreciated Pomroy's by
play immensely. Every one in the audi |
forum looked,up into the gallery and |
every pair of hands joined in the clspping. |
The curtain was rung down, MOdjesks |
stalked off the stage and Count Be-
zenta, with his dog, and all the |
ushers and all the detectives, and in fact |
every one else connected with the theater |
rushed up TO the gallery TO bounce the |
intruder, but when they saw sixty stu
dents innocently gazing at the scene be
low, they saw the difficulty of the situa-
ton and gracefully retired. 1t was half
en- hour before Modjeska would consent |
to appear on the stage again and when
she did, the zest Of the performance |
seemed TO have departed. She said after
wards that it was not the action of the |
gallery god that annoyed her, but she was
disguised with the highly cultured and
fashionable audience who so far forgot !
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